Please reshare! I'd love to hear from potential candidates with research interests in disability studies and the arts... @bavs-uk.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social

Delighted to share University of Roehampton and our partners LSE are open to receiving PhD applications to CRICA: Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts. Funded by the AHRC Doctoral Focal Award scheme www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...

I went to see the play Mary Page Marlowe yesterday at the Old Vic in London. It was a play I didn’t know at all and thoroughly enjoyed it - Very interesting. Plus the usual proscenium arch had been discarded in favour of theatre in the round and the seats had more leg room and better sight lines.

Love this creative reclamation flag project. #everybodywelcome

I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

As you watch Reform UK in action, please remember everything they do serves one purpose - to divide the world, and the UK, into an "us" and a "them". All they care about is that their "us" wins power. Their "us" can be corrupt, violent, criminal, lying - they don't care - as long as their tribe win

A good literature review doesn’t just list citations. It shows: ✔️ where the debates are ✔️ who disagrees with whom ✔️ how the field has evolved In my latest post, I break down how to map debates in the literature: www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-... #RPVSky

Quiet Riot do some great work in keeping the progressive flame alight. Always worth a listen and if you are stuck for what you personally can do about an issue there are always suggested actions to take. #Quietlyrioting #dissectingthenonsense #disarmingthefear

South Norfolk's Labour MP Ben Goldsborough, who won his seat on a 19% swing, overturning a 21k Tory majority, has written a piece challenging Reform's approach to refugees, asylum and human rights as an issue of principle, not simply impracticality www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

A free creative writing opportunity for 18–25 year olds in Yorkshire ✍ Applications are now open for Life in a Northern Town, a playwriting course led by Northern Broadsides. 1/3

This is happening all over England and Wales to high quality arts programmes (drama, dance, music, art). What was once a thriving and well respected sector that punched high within the cultural economy around Europe is being decimated

Britain isn't the US - but is Christian nationalism becoming a political force here? I spoke to US author Katherine Stewart about dark money, and the growing transatlantic ties, from Nigel Farage and JD Vance to Paul Marshall and James Orr. New on Democracy for Sale

We’re hiring—one year post in Ethics—urgent—deadline this time next week www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122985-...

As racists pretend to be patriotic, I looked at this statue of Edith Cavel (1915) yesterday (part of the war memorial in Charing Cross London) and read “patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone”. A timely reminder!

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme are still open to early-career researchers. Award holders will have the opportunity to complete a significant research project and gain valuable experience in a university setting. Apply now: buff.ly/McS8lRk

A more balanced view of Raygun and her Olympic entry www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...

An important thread. What is Reform UK up to? ~AA

So, Hounslow council have banned Lime bikes, and licensed Forest and Voi; neighbouring Richmond has licensed Lime and banned the others. So every bridge over the Thames is now Checkpoint Charlie, with loads of Lime bikes parked on one side and loads of Forest and Voi on the other. Top work everyone!

SHAPE the Future: Call for evidence @britishacademy.bsky.social seeks engagement with individuals & organisations with expertise on the core public policy areas of focus identified in Covid Decade as being key for successful social and economic recovery: one being Health and wellbeing More info 👇

Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab 🚨 Elon Musk has applied for a licence to supply energy in the UK. We do not believe Musk should be allowed into our energy markets. 👉 Will you write to Ofgem? Use our tool: https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab

Spot on. A good example of this is the ECHR. Reform & the Conservatives will almost certainly pledge to leave the ECHR at the next election. Just saying "you're not allowed: it's in the Good Friday Agreement" is a high road to defeat. Its advocates have to make & win the argument for membership.

Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

UK citizen, Chris, and Italian language teacher who speaks fluent English have been together for 7 years, married in 2023, but cannot live together due to the visa income restrictions. Even if they get a visa the costs are large. Likely £6k for the first 2.5 years inews.co.uk/news/i-cant-...

Last week on Wonkhe: There’s evidence that artificial intelligence is causing students and graduates to switch up career choices. Chris Rea and Kirstin Burke think about automation anxiety and how to move past it

We are living in an age of bullies. Those with power are less constrained today than they have ever been in my lifetime. The question is: how do we lead moral lives in this era? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/28/bullies-moral-lives-robert-reich

I spent a really interesting day at the People Dancing summer intensive for the Choreography of Consent workshop. Dancing, moving, discussing and pondering the notion of #consent

It's important to make sure all community members feel they can use public libraries. Urban foxes are an under-served demographic with a long and rich history in London.

Dance job at Roehampton! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY783/l...

Last year, I wrote about why the UK needs a Digital Civil Society Observatory to understand how AI and emerging technologies are rolling out and effecting people and communities, making the case that this is needed to balance the focus of the ATI and AISI www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

I’m delighted to have led an exceptional team to win a Doctoral Focal Award from AHRC. CRICA, Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts will address vital issues of inclusivity within the participatory and performing arts sector www.roehampton.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

Some people say the biggest gap in research funding is at mid career level. So here is our new call for our mid career fellowship programme which provides buyout for 6 to 12 months to devote to the completion of a major piece of research. Spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...

I spent a hot and sweaty but enjoyable day at The Place exploring the work of Geraldine Stephenson who worked with Rudolf Laban and carried on using Laban principles in all her movement teaching and directing. It was hosted by the Laban Guild International for whom I am a trustee.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

So important. Now thinking of my sister who last week had to have two blood transfusions during an operation. She would not have made it through what was supposed to be a routine op without the generous support of those donating

Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract. Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal. Here’s how they got it completely wrong. 👇👇

Exercise “better than drugs” after cancer treatment with much lower risk of reoccurrence or new cancer developing www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“If universities start to fail, it will be disastrous for Labour MPs and their constituents. It would be the modern equivalent of the factory closure, or the end of the pit. “And despite how some Labour MPs seem to imagine their voters, it would be Labour’s core supporters who were most affected.”

An important thread on thinking through whether to use the term ‘global majority’ which is being recommended by U.K. third sector organisations. Read in full for good understanding and the sound argument against using it

Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..

Just caught up with #ThePiano @channel4.bsky.social and I’m in tears - every performer brought such integrity, joy and communicated the power of their love of music - and that moved me. The best kind of reality tv where humanity shines through

Cutting access to work means putting brilliant disabled artists like @touretteshero.bsky.social out of work. Which is a stupid waste of talent, humanity and money.

If you read one thing this bank holiday weekend make it this essay. Just the most rich, beautiful perspective changing piece of writing.

I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

After a stroke, learning to embrace walking, reading and dancing again. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

Amid more probable spending cuts Arts Council England Chair makes a case for keeping public arts funding. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

"This attempt to compete with the parties of the anti-migrant right is a bad idea for Starmer, with negative consequences for the people who come here to work some of the toughest jobs required for our economy to function." Insightful op-ed by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social👇

Great thread on democracy and their (because there’s a variety) meanings and what we need to take care of if we want a liberal democracy